* The Asian News International (ANI) and Reuters, which had partnered toexpand video and news content globally, especially the South Asian market,have been spreading disinformation by Indian government throughout theworld.*

India’s press agency, ANI, has been involved in extensive coverage ofmaterial from the disinformation network, a report by Europeannon-government organisation EU DisinfoLab revealed. The report highlighteda network of hundreds of fake media outlets and organisations that it saidhave pushed a pro-India agenda in the European Union (EU) and UnitedNations (UN) bodies to discredit the country’s rivals, in particularPakistan.

As per details, both news agencies struck an agreement back in 2018,covering the distribution of ANI video content internationally and thedistribution of Reuters services in the Indian market.

Pakistan, on several occasions, had accused India of funding a long runningdisinformation campaign against it through fake news websites, includingthe ANI and said it would raise the matter in global forums.

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi stated that India is manipulating andmisusing the international system for its own nefarious designs throughdifferent news agencies, especially the ANI.

He also asked the European Union Parliament to begin an investigation intothe manipulation of the body and its legislative process by fakeorganisations involved in anti-Pakistan propaganda under a fully fundeddisinformation and influence operation, run by India.

UNHRC spokesman Rolando Gomez said the organization has investigated theparticular claims and is aware that many accredited groups are pursuingtheir own political agenda or government political agenda.